Mayfields Woodland burial ground is situated along the banks of the river Mersey, with impressive panoramic views across the water, spanning from Liverpool Cathedral and over towards Helsby Hill and the Pennines.
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A greener alternative to a traditional cemetery Mayfields Woodland Burial Ground is set in over 18 acres, situated along the banks of the river Mersey, with impressive panoramic views across the water, spanning from Liverpool Cathedral and over towards Helsby Hill and the Pennines. Opened in 2005, our beautiful site has various dedicated areas for full natural burial and cremated remains, surrounded by native trees for future generations to enjoy. Located in an area of natural beauty, overlooking the historic Eastham Locks, the burial ground is unique. A tranquil setting and is home to a variety of birds and other wildlife.
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Why choose Mayfields? • Choosing a woodland service enables you to give something back to nature by protecting the beautiful woodland for future generations to enjoy. • We are helping to create a new beautiful wood for the future. • We are helping to preserve this area of countryside, encouraging native wildlife to flourish. • We are a tranquil, peaceful place for family and friends to visit. • Your legacy will be one that future generations enjoy forever.
“Together we can make a difference”
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Woodland burials What is a woodland burial? Woodland burial was once seen as a niche alternative, however today many people are looking for a more environmentally friendly method of burial. We offer a dignified service that is provided within a natural setting. You will not see rows of headstones, just beautiful countryside. Graves can be marked with bronze plaques. Some woodland burial sites choose to bury between mature trees and whilst this may look immediately appealing this could destroy existing delicate surface roots, which can impact on the long term health of the trees. Our philosophy is to create a new wood through the planting of native trees, thereby adding to the country’s tree stock. The native trees planted provide an ideal habitat for a variety of wildlife, helping to sustain the surrounding environment.
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Why create a new woodland? Woodlands and trees are essential to life and have numerous benefits for both wildlife and people. • Provide shelter • Absorb and store carbon • Generate oxygen • Provide fuel and food • Rejuvenate and stabilise the soil • Create habitats for wild flora and fauna Mayfields trees Mayfields are working with the Wildlife Trust to ensure a programmed planting of native trees, creating a woodland habitat in keeping with the local area. To ensure the long term health of the wood we have a planned management programme for our trees. This will entail trimming, lopping and even cutting down trees to ensure an ongoing cycle of growth. To avoid any possible upset to families, and for the benefit of all, trees will not be planted on individual graves but will be planted around them.
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Our facilities Our team at Mayfields are committed to providing you with a professional and personal service. With extensive knowledge of the grounds, they will be happy to show you around the facilities and talk through the options available to you. Our facilities include our service hall, restrooms, buggy and on-site car parking. Our service hall Suitable for any faith or belief, the beautiful service hall is available for both funeral and memorial services. Designed to provide a lovely setting for families to say goodbye to their loved ones in a special way, creating a calm and tranquil ambiance. Our service hall can seat up to approximately 90 people with ample parking facilities on site, including disabled parking bays. If you wish to play music during the service, we can provide our Wesley Media music library portal in which you can order music through. Please also note that the service hall is fully heated throughout.
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Music and visual life tributes The music played at the funeral is an important choice and for many it remains an abiding memory. Music does not have to be limited to classical pieces or a hymn. Favourite pop songs, musicals and even music recorded by a family member can help personalise the funeral service. Wesley multi media Mayfields Woodland Burial Ground has joined tradition with technology and has the Wesley Media system which provides an extensive music library with multi media screens in both the service hall and vestibule area. The state of the art system provides video/audio playback, recording and live The Wesley Media library covers all styles and genres, ensuring the music you require will be available. Wesley Media can help you select the appropriate track or even arrange for recordings of personal performances or very old recordings to be placed on the system. Holding pictures A special picture of your loved one can be a lovely way to personalise your service and can be shown on screen during the service. Alternatively you may wish to use an image from our library, ranging from national flags to soft landscape scenes. Visual life tribute A personal visual life tribute is the ideal way of adding an extremely personal touch to the funeral service. A combination of family photos, images and home video of your loved one is then overlaid with favourite music from the Wesley Media library. web casting facilities. Music selection
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Natural burial choices Mayfields offers a number of natural burial choices, with plots available for both full burial and cremated remains. These plots can be purchased in advance. Full natural burial Full natural burial graves are located in designated areas of our grounds, some within our wild flower meadows, overlooking the river or within our woodland.
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Cremated remains burial Our cremated remains graves allow for the burial of two sets of remains and can be buried loose or in a biodegradable urn provided by Mayfields. A member of staff can accompany you to the plot to inter the cremated remains for you or you may wish to conduct the service yourself. Cremated remains scattering The scattering Trail offer areas for the surface scattering of cremated remains. A member of staff will transfer the cremated remains into an urn and accompany you down to the Trail to scatter, in a dignified manner.
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Mayfields memorials
To maintain the beautiful natural environment at Mayfields we allow only a bronze memorial plaque instead of a traditional headstone. Stone, ceramic or metal markers are not permitted at the burial ground and all memorials must be purchased and approved through Mayfields. Memorial plaques Graves for full natural burial or cremated remains can be marked with a single bronze plaque. All our bronze plaques are hand made, specific to each individual needs and wishes. All memorials can be personalised with your loved one’s details, a personal message and motif design. Price for the plaque £230.
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Map of plot areas
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Key
Entrance / Exit
Memorial areas:
M14 Memorial logs
Car park
M1 Memorial garden
M15 Lower cedars
Pathway
M2 Eastham ferry
M16 Baby memorial
Trees
M3 Tree Memorial 1
M17 Remembrance celebration garden
M4 Woodland silver birch
M18 Mersey view north
Native trees/shrubs/ hedgerow
M5 Woodland orchard
M19 Whitebeam walk
Grass
M6 Remembrance children’s garden M20 Woodland rest
Pond
M7 Remembrance the hawthorns
M21 Eastham tree tops
Toilets
M8 Woodland memorial 1
Water tap
M9 Remembrance butterfly garden
Burial ground:
Fire assembly point
M10 Woodland upper cedars
B1
Admin office
Disabled parking
M11 Scatter trail
B2
Service hall
M12 Woodland meadow trail
B3
Service entrance hall
M13 Tree and bench memorials
Surrounded by a selection of trees, the meadows in time will be covered with native wild flowers. Footpaths run around the inside of the glades with a selection of trees planted around the outer edge.
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FAQs
How long do we have for the burial? We schedule all burials to ensure that you have
Do I have to use a funeral director? In our experience it is always better to go through a funeral professional but it is not a requirement. What type of coffin, casket or urn is acceptable? All coffins, caskets and urns must be completely biodegradable. Your local funeral director will be able to supply you with a wide range of options. Is embalming permitted? Embalming is only allowed under exceptional circumstances such as repatriation. Is the ground consecrated? No, any faith can be buried here and it does not matter where you live, the charges are the same. However, individual graves can be blessed at the time of burial. Do I have to live locally? You don’t have to live within the local area to rest in peace at Mayfields; we are available to all – no matter where you live. What sort of memorial or marker is allowed? We have a very strict policy that only allows bronze memorial plaques, ordered through Mayfields. Any other marker will be removed immediately.
all the privacy and time you require. Can I place flowers on the grave?
Any flowers placed on the graves will be removed once they start to show signs of deterioration. However, we ask you to keep these to a minimum and ask that they are kept as natural as possible. Only fresh cut flowers without ribbon or cellophane are allowed. Please do not use oasis or any plastics, nor tie cards or other memorabilia to trees. Vases, jars or containers can not be left on the grave. Can dogs go into the wood? Well-behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome. Please respect the graves and clean up any mess. We also ask you to keep dogs on a lead when on the public footpath. Do you have catering facilities? No, but there are other catering options nearby. Is the burial ground regulated? We are a member of the Association of Natural Burial Grounds, which has been established by The Natural Death Centre. We comply with the ANBG Code of Conduct aimed at ensuring the highest professional and environmental standards, providing our customers assurance of best practice.
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How to find us We are easily accessible from the rest of the Wirral and the surrounding area via public transport and foot. We welcome walkers and cyclists and have a hard standing car park for those travelling by car. Rail and bus services The closest main line train station is Bromborough, which is a 30 minute walk away. Bus routes 38B stop just outside the grounds and all other main bus routes can be found along the main road, A41 just a short walk from the grounds. Directions from the South Coming north from Chester on the M53, at junction 5, take the A41 exit to Birkenhead/Queensferry. Take the 3rd exit at the roundabout on to New Chester Road/A41. Take your first right onto Eastham Village Road. There is a church on your left called St Mary’s, go past and do your next right at the Hooton Arms pub, this will take you onto Ferry Road. Go straight down past Eastham Golf club on your left and do your next right, the entrance for the burial ground is just on your next right. Directions from the North Travel south from Liverpool/Birkenhead on the M53. at junction 5, take the A41 exit to North Wales/Queensferry/ Estham. at the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto New Chester Road/A41. Take your first right onto Eastham Village Road. There is a church on your left called St Mary’s, go past and do your next right at the Hooton Arms pub, this will take you onto Ferry Road. Go straight down past Eastham Golf club on your left and do your next right, the entrance for the burial ground is just on your next right.
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Opening hours Visitors are welcome to attend Mayfields during opening hours, with access to the burial ground via the entrance gate. General opening times Administration office & WC Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Car park access Monday-Friday Summer 9am-7pm Monday-Friday Winter 9am-5pm Weekends/Bank holidays 10am-4.30pm Service hall times Service Hall use only Monday-Friday Morning 9am, 9.30am, 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am Monday-Friday Afternoon 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm, 4pm, 4.30pm Weekend mornings and May bank holidays/August bank holiday By prior agreement and at additional cost With full burial following Summer (April – Oct) Monday-Friday Morning 9am, 9.30am, 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am Monday-Friday Afternoon 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.30pm Weekend mornings and May bank holidays/August bank holiday By prior agreement and at additional cost Winter (Nov – Mar) Monday-Friday Morning 9am, 9.30am, 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am Monday-Friday Afternoon 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm Weekend mornings and May bank holidays/August bank holiday By prior agreement and at additional cost New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day & Boxing Day No service available
Contact us Mayfields Woodland Burial Ground | Ferry Road | Eastham | Wirral | CH62 0DB
01513 272360
@Mayfieldswoodland
info@mayfieldsburial.co.uk
mayfieldswoodlandburialground.co.uk
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Ferry Road | Eastham | Wirral | CH62 0DB 01513 272360 info@mayfieldsburial.co.uk mayfieldswoodlandburialground.co.uk
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